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M-Files to unify your data

Two weeks ago, I was at the #SITF24 to talk about integration of External Repositories (SharePoint/Teams, shared folder,…) into M-Files. Surprisingly this is still a tricky topic for companies. As an ECM consultant since years, I’m probably a(…)

Developing a Business Central Custom API for Power BI Integration – Resolving the ‘Could Not Download Symbols’ Error

Introduction Dear Readers, This article marks my first blog post. I am both excited and eager to share my experience of tackling a challenging issue encountered while developing a custom API for Microsoft Business Central to enable data(…)

SQL Konferenz 2024 – Microsoft Copilots

Today, we followed (with Roger Schönmann) the first day of the SQL Konferenz 2024.  We will be attending this event from October 01 to 02 in Hanau. At dbi services, we are no strangers to this(…)

Future Data Driven 2024 – introduction to vector databases

I had the opportunity to participate in the Future Data Driven 2024 event (https://datadrivencommunity.com/FutureDataDriven2024.html) with my colleague Stéphane Haby. Many speakers were present, and I was able to attend several sessions covering the following topics: Azure,(…)

Control-M for Kubernetes – Installation

After showing you an overview and the preparation of Control-M for Kubernetes, it is time to deep in with the installation of this solution. In fact, without the installation of Control-M for(…)

PostgreSQL 18: Verify tar format and compressed backups

While PostgreSQL 17 was released just a couple of days ago, the development of PostgreSQL 18 is already going on and the first patches got committed. One of them addresses a limitation with pg_verifybackup:(…)

M-Files What’s new?

As you may know, M-Files is providing monthly release and the one for October is going to be interesting. Since several month M-Files is heavily working on the integration of new Microsoft approach which is aligning desktop and(…)

JBoss EAP – Credential Store

In the previous blogs, I explained the difference between Credential Store and Password Vault (Credential Store vs Password Vault), and I share how to secure your sensitive strings with Password Vault. Today,(…)

Coming back to the Future Data Driven Summit 2024’s Event last night

Last night, I followed with Amine Haloui the Future Data Driven Summit 2024 from 3 PM to 2 AM This event was remote and very easy to follow. One day with 5 rooms and  more(…)

JBoss EAP – Credential Store vs Password Vault

JBoss EAP configuration files are accessible and not encrypted (xml files), moreover, some sensitive strings could/should be store there... For obvious security reasons, JBoss EAP allows the encryption of the sensitive strings outside the configurations files.